[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C.

  • Godstone (Surrey, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1961
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    AKI^njAI. RPPORT of the ?;.iEDIC.AI, OFFICjPl OF HEALTH for_the yeax_19b'1 TO THR CiiAIRiRN AT-R) OP THS ::U3LIC liCiUJrii COMEJTTEE l^iadam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to present my Report on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the Rural District of Godstone in the year 1961. The Report is drawn up generally in accordance v/ith the requirements of the Ministry of Health, as indicated in Circular 1/62, and contains the information requested in the Public Health Officers' Regulations, 1959* There was no noteworthy epidemiological event in the Rural District in 1961, apart from the expected biennial prevalence of measles which, in fact, v/as less extensive than usual. Otherwise, the case rates for the various notifiable infectious diseases vrere, on the whole, exceptionally lovf. Special reference is made to the absence of cases of poliomyelitis, the continuing decline in the incidence of tuberculosis and the satisfactory rates of acceptance of protective inoculation against the range of infectious diseases for which effective immunising agents are nov/ available. The statistical particulars for the year in most respects compare favourably with those previously recorded in the Rural District, and with those for the country as a v\;'hole. The birth rate and death rate continue at satisfactory levels, and the rise in mortality of nev/-born infants is largely offset by a sharp decline in the proportion registered as stillborn. Brief reference is made to the measures taken by the Public Health Department to ensure a satisfactory standard of pirrity and quality of v/ater, milk and food supplies, sanitary inspection, duties under the Factories Acts, scavenging and cleansing, disinfection and disinfestation, supervision of caravans and camping sites and other routine matters having a direct bearing on environmental hygiene and the prevention of disease and ill-health, I again gratefully acknov;ledge my indebtedness to the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee for the support and consideration they have kindly extended to me throughout the year. My sincere thanks are due also to Hr. A.H. Sev/ell, Chief Public Health Inspector, and to the medical practitioners in the district for their v/illing assistance and close co-operation in all measures directed to the promotion of the public health. I am, Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, ToHoEINGxHAii Medical Officer of Health. 11th September, 1962. 2